By character
Boutique Hotel
Quintessence Hotel
Tiny owner-run hotel of nine suites on Long Bay, the most intimate stay on Anguilla.
Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor
Colonial-era luxury in central Siem Reap, restored and still the town's historic landmark.
Riad Fes - Relais & Chateaux
Linked merchant houses in Fes el Bali, with a black marble pool court and medina-view terrace.
Rosewood Phnom Penh
A sky-high urban hotel above the Mekong, with river views from every room.
Rosewood San Miguel de Allende
A colonnaded hotel in the historic centre of San Miguel de Allende, with the town's best rooftop view.
Sailrock Resort
Small ridge and beachfront resort on quiet South Caicos, with a wall dive offshore.
Senda Monteverde Hotel
Small cloud-forest hotel near the Monteverde reserves, designed around resident wildlife.
Shipwreck Lodge
Ten timber cabins built to look like beached hulls, set in dunes north of the Hoarusib mouth.
Star Castle Hotel
A 16th-century garrison fort on St Mary's, converted into a family-run island hotel.
Talbooth House & Spa
A relaxed Essex hillside retreat above Dedham Vale, with heated outdoor pool and day spa.
The Angel at Hetton
Michael Wignall's Michelin-starred inn, with sixteen rooms in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.
The Angel Hotel
Georgian coaching inn in Abergavenny, long the social heart of the Monmouthshire food scene.
The Cawdor
Eighteenth-century former coaching inn in Llandeilo, restored as a town-centre boutique hotel.
The Fife Arms
An art-filled Cairngorms inn, with thousands of works hung among tartan and taxidermy.
The House by Elegant Hotels
Small adults-only hotel on Paynes Bay with a deliberately informal, no-lobby arrival.
The Inn at Bay Fortune
Michael Smith's waterside inn on eastern PEI, centred on a nightly open-fire feast.
The Majlis Resort
A whitewashed boutique resort on Ras Kitau Bay, facing the UNESCO-listed old town across the water.
The Marlborough
Historic Victorian convent reborn as a ten-suite boutique hotel amid Marlborough's vineyards.
The Parkgate Hotel
Cardiff's grandest new hotel, in a converted Edwardian building with a rooftop spa.
THE PIG-on the beach
A shabby-grand Dorset house above Studland Bay, built around its own kitchen garden.
The Reykjavik EDITION
Reykjavík's most polished contemporary hotel, on the old harbour by Harpa
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
A five-star hotel occupying the middle houses of Bath's Royal Crescent, with a garden spa.
The Royal Hotel
A long-running clifftop hotel above Ventnor Bay with sub-tropical gardens and a heated pool.
The Sandpiper
Intimate west-coast hotel of around fifty suites in gardens beside a sheltered beach.